Protectors of the West Side
ACVFD attended the 17th Annual Hempfield-Greensburg Fire Prevention night at Westmoreland Mall on Tuesday, October 10th. Rescue 10, Quint 10 and Gator 10 along with its support trailer, were all put on display in the parking lot for residents to view. (more…)
Our Fire Department is dedicated to keeping all of our members up to-date in their training. This months ongoing training was a CPR course, refreshing our Senior members and certifying our new Junior members. Special thanks to our instructor Steve Zimmerman for taking the time to pass along his knowledge to our department.
Firefighters from Adamsburg, Westmoreland City, and Strawpump gathered at Strawpump’s firehall to go over each departments equipment. At the request of Chief 3, the Quint was brought to the training to go over its equipment, functions, and limitations. (more…)
Adamsburg VFD Junior Corps had spent many months collecting and raising money for a Powercall 6 Adam for Quint 10. This is testing the siren after the install.
The Adamsburg Junior Corp. is already starting to raise money for additional Powercall 6 Adam for Engine 10 and Rescue 10.
Adamsburg VFD Thanks the Junior corps for there dedication and support.
The Adamsburg and Community Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding local fire departments continued there training with the second installment in the Basic Vehicle Rescue (BVR) Class. This portion of BVR is considered the operations section. Students learned to utilize hand tools, air tools, and electric powered tools to extricate patients from vehicles that have been involved in collisions. Tools ranging from sawzalls to air chisels were used by the students. These basic tools are taught in this section of the class prior to the next class that utilizes hydraulic power tools or the “Jaws of Life”. It is important for students to learn these basic tools as they are just as important on an emergency as the “Jaws of Life”. So for this class they had to disassemble vehicles using these basic tools. (more…)
